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Article: Bolivian president approves referendums on new constitution
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 1, 2008
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Bolivian president approves referendums on new constitution
LIMA, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales signeda
law Friday to officially setting May 4 as the date to hold two
referendums on a new constitution fiercely criticized by his
opponents, news reaching here from La Paz said.
The new constitution drawn up by a pro-Morales constitutional
assembly in December would expand presidential power and
redistribute the country's wealth to the poor natives in mountainous
areas.
Morales also approved an interpretation norm in respect of
holding referendums in government departments.
As the country's first indigenous president elected in
December2005, the 48-year-old Morales has ...